Immigration Rules

Immigration Rules Appendix T: tuberculosis screening

Tuberculosis screening.

Any person applying to enter the UK as described in paragraph A39, Part 1 General Provisions of the Immigration Rules, must present at the time of application a valid medical certificate issued by a medical practitioner approved by the Secretary of State for these purposes, as listed on the Gov.uk website, confirming that they have undergone screening for active pulmonary tuberculosis and that such tuberculosis is not present in the applicant.

Afghanistan

Algeria

Angola

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Belarus

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Botswana

Brunei Darussalam

Burkina Faso

Burma

Burundi

Cambodia

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Cameroon

China

Congo

Congo Democratic Republic

Côte d’Ivoire

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Hong Kong or Macau

India

Indonesia

Iraq

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kiribati

Korea

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Mali

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Micronesia

Moldova

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nepal

Niger

Nigeria

Pakistan

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Russian Federation

Rwanda

Sao Tome and Principe

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Timor Leste

Togo

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

Uganda

Ukraine

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Applicants from Sao Tome and Principe are screened in Angola; those from Central African Republic, Chad and Gabon are screened in Cameroon; those from the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea get tested in Beijing; those from Congo are screened in Democratic Republic of Congo; those from Djibouti are screened in Ethiopia, those from Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Tuvalu and Vanuatu are screened in Fiji; those from Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau and Mali are screening in Gambia or Senegal; those from Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Niger and Togo are screened in Ghana; those from Macau are screened in Hong Kong; those from Timor Leste are screened in Indonesia; those from Kyrgyzstan are screened in Kazakhstan; those from Eritrea, Somalia and South Sudan are screened in Kenya; those from Mauritania are screened in Morocco; those from Benin are screened in Nigeria; those from Solomon Islands are screened in Papua New Guinea; those from Palau are screened in Philippines; those from Burundi are screened in Rwanda; those in Lesotho and Swaziland are screened in South Africa; those from Laos are screened in Thailand.

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